Why mathematicians ignore holidays: Oct 31 = Dec 25.

2007.04.22

One rose trellis shawl pinned out! It's almost dry because the relative humidity is only 21% - definitely not normal for around here, but helpful when blocking. In fact, I had to spray the shawl after threading the blocking wires since it wasn't wet enough to stretch.

2007.04.18

The NKK ballwinder arrived today, and here it is, complete with freshly-wound ball. Between the winder's gearing and the ball bearings in the Beka swift, balls wind like bats out of hell with minimal effort.

2007.04.16

Cookie turned 13 today. She got her traditional scrambled egg for breakfast and a romp in the snow afterwards.

This is a miserably wet snow that's already eaten one shear bolt on the snowblower and killed the power for a couple of hours. Fortunately I have three more bolts tucked away and enough gas on hand to keep the generator and sump pump running for a good while. I like winter, but even I have had enough of it ...

2007.04.11

The rose trellis shawl is knitted! No picture yet, since it's in a frumpy unblocked state, but I can at least start to format the pattern while waiting for suitable blocking weather - I.e. whenever it stops snowing!

2007.04.07

Despite being buried in Photoshop all week on two different jobs, I've managed to get more than halfway around the edge of the shawl. Now it's time to find the fabricating shop downtown that can cut me long lengths of thin welding rod for the blocking.

My name finally crawled to the top of the wait list for the ballwinder, and I ordered it this morning. It will feel so good to retire the antique and creaky plastic winder!